In Partnership with TearFund and the Anglicion Diocese of Mara
What will you be doing for your 2009 Gap Year?
 
Image - How about joining us in Northern Tanzania for 3 months?

This is a real opportunity to Make a Difference in the rural community of Nyankanga. As part of our 2009 team you will have the chance to ...

  • Build a sustainable house, toilet and water tank for a poor Pastor.
  • Assist in an orphanage.
  • Start learning to speak Swahili.
  • Be involved in H.I.V/A.I.D.S. education, through street drama.
  • Explore remote areas of the Mara region.
  • Get involved in teaching lessons in health care to children and adults in isolated villages.
  • Investigate and record rarely seen rock art.
  • Learn about rural development in Africa.
  • Observe rural medical clinics.
  • Learn about other peoples faiths and develop your own.

There will also be some optional modules at additional cost ...

  • An overnight visit to the Serengeti National Park.
  • A stay in a Tourist lodge on Lake Victoria.
  • Visits to other area's of interest such as the hot springs at Maji Moto.

There will be a mid trip break of a week to give people the chance if they want to travel independently down to the coast or to go somewhere else of interest.

 
 
Image - What people say about Go Mad?

 Tanzania is a beautiful country. I have never experienced more breath-taking views or people who are so hospitable. 

 The people of Tanzania are wonderful and I would love to spend some time in the future getting to know them and their culture better. The music they sang filled my head for weeks after I returned home.  

 The Tanzanian people have very little, yet they are very content with what they have, unlike us. This is the main thing, I learnt during the time I spent in Tanzania. 

 I would love to return and I am sure that many of the people I went with would also like to return. You can take a man out of Africa, but you can never take Africa out of a man.  

 Our main purpose was to repair two existing water tanks and to make repairs to dilapidated goat sheds in a small village Nyankanga. This work was challenging, yet thoroughly rewarding at the end of our time to see them complete. In order to carry out the building work, we all had to learn new skills which was, in itself challenging!
We worked, as a team, with the local people, learning from them also as we went along.  

 During our stay, we also visited a children’s home, full of babies and infants. This was a great experience for all of the team- including the blokes. 

 
 

Tanzania Statistics

Capital: Dodoma
Population: 39.5 Million
Life Expectancy: 51.9 years
Mortality Rate: 73.2 per 1000
Prevalence of HIV: 6.5 %
Child Malnutrition: 22 %
GDP: 6.5 Billion USD
Below Poverty Line: 36 %
Female Literacy Rate: 76.2 %
Mean Income: 350 USD / year
 
 

In Partnership with

Logo - Tearfund.
Logo - St. John's Blackheath.
Logo - Anglician Diocese of Mara.